Open Access 158 Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version of the Children and Youth Physical Self-Perception Profile Questionnaire

Copyright © 2013 Athanasios Kolovelonis et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Children and Youth Physical Self-Perception Profile questionnaire. The factor structure, internal consistency, tem-poral stability, concurrent and criterion-related validity, and social desirability effect were examined. Re-sults from the confirmatory factor analyzes supported the six-factor solution and the hypothesized hierar-chical structure of these factors. Internal consistency and temporal stability were adequate and no social desirability effect was emerged. Moreover, the concurrent and the criterion validity of the questionnaire were supported. In particular, questionnaire subscales were correlated in expected ways with correspond-ing subscales of the Harter’s Self-Perception Profile for Children as well as with students ’ scores in shut-tle run test and the participation time in sport. Overall, the results showed that the Greek version of the scale is a valid and reliable instrument that can be used to examine Greek children’s and youth’s self-perceptions